:05:00
Did you push it?
:05:02
Yes, I pushed it.
:05:04
I'm so late.
:05:06
Random House fired Dick Atkins.
Good riddance.
:05:09
Murray Chilton died, which makes
one less person I'm not speaking to.
:05:12
Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!
:05:17
Vince got a great review.
He'll be insufferable.
:05:21
Tonight, PEN dinner.
:05:23
Am I going?
:05:25
Joe Fox, you promised.
:05:27
It's black-tie.
:05:29
Can't I just give money instead?
:05:31
What is it this week?
Free Albanian writers?
:05:34
I'm in favor of that.
:05:38
Okay, I'll go.
:05:40
I'll go. You're late.
:05:41
I know. I know.
:06:15
Who's a happy dog?
:06:16
Who's a happy dog?
:06:24
Welcome.
:06:27
You've got mail.
:06:29
All right. Okay.
Get down, get down.
:06:34
Dear friend, I like to start
my notes to you...
:06:37
...as if we're already
in the middle of a conversation.
:06:40
I pretend that we're the oldest
and dearest friends...
:06:42
...as opposed to what
we actually are:
:06:44
People who don't know
each other's names...
:06:47
...and met in a chat room where
we both claimed we'd never been before.
:06:51
"What will NY152 say today?" I wonder.
:06:55
I turn on my computer.
:06:57
I wait impatiently as it connects.